<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I am thinking of procuring the badge depicted in the photo below.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Could any of you fine V-Peeps (you listenin', Area Man?) authenticate (to one degree or another) the authenticity of its design?</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The text that accompanied these photos:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow, Idaho - Fire Dept. Badge # 6 - Made by Pearse Co., Denver.</font></p><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR OVERSIZED PHOTOS OF THE BADGE TO BEST VIEW DETAIL AND CONDITION.</strong></p><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The badge is in excellent vintage condition and the pinback opens and closes easily as designed. Appears to be nickel silver construction. I have not cleaned the badge and will leave the decision to clean up to the new owner.</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The badge measures approximately 1 3/4 X 1 1/2 inches.</font></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><img src="cid:D77194EE-F859-4C83-BE31-104374EC08DE" id="D77194EE-F859-4C83-BE31-104374EC08DE" width="500" height="478"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img src="cid:838E9841-64C4-4C65-9104-EC8E4FC6962E" alt="image.jpeg" id="838E9841-64C4-4C65-9104-EC8E4FC6962E" width="728" height="715"></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">If I decide to purchase the badge, and it is received, I will donate it to the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>